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Mayor apologises
While Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says recent controversial remarks by Port-of-Spain mayor Raymond Tim Kee do not warrant his dismissal, the PM yesterday distanced his Government from any “victim...
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Steelband community stunned
The killing by strangulation of Japanese-born steelband player Asami Nagakiya has stunned her family, friends and the entire steelband community.A PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars tenor pan player since 2012,...
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Mere apology not enough—Kamla
A mere apology isn’t enough. That’s the view of Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who’s demanding Port-of-Spain mayor Raymond Tim Kee be fired immediately if controversial comments attributed...
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SRP sergeant commits suicide inside his car
A Special Reserve Police (SRP) sergeant took his own life yesterday using his service revolver while seated inside his car outside a bar in St Margaret’s Village.According to reports Sgt Radhay...
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Principals warned on rules of registration
Education Minister Anthony Garcia has warned primary school principals found to be engaging in unscrupulous registration procedures which are against the ministry's regulations that they would be made...
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Need for Medical Advisory Board
A High Court judge is calling for a Medical Advisory Board to be implemented to assist in negligence claims against public medical institutions. Justice Frank Seepersad made the call in the...
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Aids Co-ordinating Committee to return
Cabinet yesterday agreed to the re-establishment of the National Aids Co-ordinating Committee (NACC) and the construction of five community centres across the country.So said Communications Minister...
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Five held in $1.4m Moruga drug busts
The son of a notorious gang leader was among five people arrested when Southern Division Task Force seized over $1.4 million in high-grade marijuana in Moruga on Carnival Tuesday.Police said criminals...
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TTPS: Carnival 2016 was ‘safe’
Despite the murder of Japanese pannist and masquerader Asami Nagakiya and reports of several beatings including that of a policeman beating a patron on the head with a gun butt, the T&T Police...
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Health ministry spending $5m to fight Zika
The Health Ministry is pumping $5 million into its fight against the Zika virus.The funds would be used to purchase additional chemicals for spraying, said Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh during a...
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No love for Tim Kee at PoS march: Stop victim shaming
Tensions ran high yesterday, as human rights activists and concerned citizens converged on Woodford Square, Port-of-Spain, to publicly demonstrate their support for the call to remove Port-of-Spain...
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Asami’s close companion still in custody
One man, believed to be a close companion of Japanese musician Asami Nagakiya, remains in police custody, while three others, two women and one man, each gave a statement in relation to the murder of...
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Japanese media swarm to T&T
Several Japanese media representatives yesterday followed friends and colleagues of murdered Japanese pannist Asami Nagakiya, as they laid flowers and candles at the Queen’s Park Savannah,...
View ArticleWe will always love Trinidad—Asami’s Japanese friends
Three friends of murdered Japanese musician Asami Nagakiya say they will not blame the country for her death and will return next year to celebrate Carnival.Speaking at the PCS Silver Stars panyard,...
View ArticleJapan Embassy issues T&T travel advisory
The Embassy of Japan in T&T yesterday posted an advisory to all its nationals proposing to visit this country, following the murder of Japanese national Asami Nagakiya.The advisory, titled “Safety...
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Motorist’s leg almost severed
Doctors were battling to save the life of a motorist yesterday whose leg was almost severed in a smash-up involving a fire tender in South Oropouche yesterday.The man, who was unidentified up to press...
View ArticleTriplets taken off ventilators
Although triplets Niah, Aaliyah and Emma-Lee Charles are only three days old, they have already been taken off their ventilators in the Neonatal wing of the San Fernando General Hospital.The triplets...
View ArticleCaretaker found dead
The serenity of a Princes Town community was shattered on Thursday night when the nude body of caretaker Lochan Ramlochan was found in his apartment.Police said Ramlochan, 58, of Lothians Road, was...
View ArticlePolice seize $4.2m in coke, marijuana in South
Southern Division Task Force officers seized $4.2 million worth of cocaine and marijuana and arrested two men, including a Dominican Republic national, who were transporting the drugs in a sports...
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Cut out middleman, help people earn $$
Wahid Ogeer, the farmer who created the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion will be teaching interested farmers and gardeners free of charge how to grow his fiery, taste buds-searing pepper at The Caroni Central...
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